CHAPTER XVII. 471 whose head was gold, his breast and arms of silvet., his belly and thighs of brass, his legs of iron, and his feet part of iron and part of clay, which was dashed to pieces by a stone, and the stone became a mountain, and filled' the whole earth ; Verses 31-r35. 9. Q. What was the interpretation of it ? A. It signifies the four great monarchies of the world, viz. the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman, which should destroy one another in succession, and the last of them should be destroyed by the kingdom of Christ, which should spread through the earth and remainfor ever ; Verses 31-45. 10. Q. What honours did Nebuchadnezzar bestow on Da- niel on this occasion ? A. He acknowledged the supremacy of the God of Daniel, lie made Daniel ruler over Babylon, and at his request made Shadrach,' Meshach and Abednego officers under him ; Verses 46-49. 11. Q. What became of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego? A. Notwithstanding the honour the king had given them, yet they were cast into a fiery furnace, because they would not wor- ship a huge golden image which king Nebuchadnezzarhad set up ; Dan. v. 1 -21. 12. Q. What remarkable providenceattenced their being cast into the furnace? A. The king being enraged at them for re- fusingboldly to worship this image, commanded the furnace to be made "seven times hotter, even to such a degree, that the flame slew the men that cast them into it ; Verse 22. 13. Q. How were they saved in the fiery furnace ? A. Though these three men were cast into the furnace böund, and fell down in the fire, yet presently afterward the king saw four men loose walking in the fire, and they had no hurt ; and the formof the fourth was like the Son of God ; Verses 23-25. That is, some glorious person whomNebuchadnezzar could not better describe than as a heavenly being, a Son of God. 14. Q. What influence had this upon the king? A. He. called them to come out of the furnace and blessed their God who had sent his angel to deliver them, and made a decree, that no man should speak against the God of the Jews ; Verses 26-28. 15, Q. What other dream of Nebuchadnezzar's did Da- niel interpret ? A. The dream of a tall and spreading tree that was ci(t down, and the stump of it was left in the earth, and that should have -a beast's heart given it instead of a man's for seven years ; Dan. iv. 1 -16. 16. Q. What interpretation did Daniel give to it? A. That Nebuchadnezzar the king should be driven from his king- dom, should run mad, and dwell seven years with the beasts of the earth, and then be restored to his reason and his kingdom again ; Verses 19-27.
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